Building structure and plaster-board-holding device therefor.



c'. L. MEYER'. l BUILDING STRUCTURE AND PLASTER BOARD HOLDING DEVICE THEREFOB.

APPLICTION FILED NOV. 22, I9I5.

CARLES LOUIS MEYER, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

BUILDING STRUCTURE AND LASTER-BOARD-HOLDIN G DEVICE THEREFOR.

lSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17 191.6.

Application led November 22, 1915. Serial No. 62,767.

To all whom t may concern.'

Beit known that I, CHARLES L. MEYER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Omaha, in the county of Douglasand State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Structures and Plaster-Board-Holding Devices Therefor, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to the general art of building structures and has reference more particularly to that type or classof building structures which are, in part, made up of commercial blocks or plates ,of plaster-board that are united edge to edge in a common plane and form a foundation for a linish surface of plaster or other material, in lieu of the 'various kinds of lath frequently used for that purpose.l

The chief object of the invention is to provide an improved, inexpensive and simple structure of the type referred to, and amore specific object is to provide a simple, cheap and easilymanipulated holding or anchoring device for use in connection with suspended ceilings or partitions to support the proximate edges of the plaster-board and apply the latter to the channels or studs of the ceiling or partition. p

The subject matter of the present invention is capable 'of embodiment in either a ceiling or a Wall structure; and in order that the same may be readily understoodby those familiar with the art to which it relates,'I have herein illustrated the improvement as lembodied. in a suspended ceiling structure,

and referring'to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective elevation of a fragment of a ceiling structure illustrating the several cooperating parts and devices of the invention which are merely repeated at the various corners ofthe plaster-boards throughout the complete ceiling. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a sheet metal blank from which my improved holder or anchor is formed by cutting and bending operations.

. Referring to the` drawing, 5 designates each of aplurality of rectangular blocks or plates of plaster-board which unitedly serve as a base for a finish surface of plaster, and 6 designates a metal beam, herein shown as a channel, which, in case ofa ceiling structure, is suitably suspended from the overhead floor structure. The plaster board blocks 5 are suspended from the beam 6 at their adjacent corners by a metal holder or anchor, the preferred construction of which, with its method of manufacture, Will now be described. y

Referring to Fig. 3, 7 designates as an entirety a rectangular sheet metal strip which is cut in a suitable press along the several solid lines illustrated in Fig. 3. The central ,rectangular portion 8 is excised and discarded. The strip is then by means of suitable dies bent on the dotted' lines of Fig.

3 into the form illustrated in Fig. 1, from which it will be seen that the parts identified by 9 in Fig. 3 unitedly form a narrow loopshaped shank or stem member 9 containing a central longitudinal slot 10 by reason ,of the excision ofthe piece 8,the parts 11 of Fig. 3 become the back Walls 11 of the holder, the end portions 12of Fig. 3 become the lower sidewalls'12 of the clip or clamp portion of the holder or anchor, and the parts marked 13 of Fig. 3 are bent to lie parallel with the parts 12 and unitedly constitute the upper side vwalls 13 of the clip y or clamp member `of the holder or anchor.

In the erection of the structure, the beams 6 belng in place, the holders are applied at suitable intervals to each beam by passing the slotted shank 9 crosswise of the latter from beneath, the holder being secured on the beam by. means of a key 14 which may take theform of an ordinary nail that is passed through the upper closed end of the loop-shapedl shank and across theaupper edge of the beam 6. The 'plaster-board blocks 5 are then inserted with the adjacent corners of two blocks entered and clamped lbetween the side members 12 and 13 of'each clip portion of the holder, so that each holder serves to support the proximatecorners of four plaster-board blocks, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

The described holder i or anchor can be very cheaply made with a negligible Waste of material from sheet metal of suitable thickness by a few die operations and for its application in service requires only the driving in place of the key 14. The corner portions of the plaster-board blocks are simply entered therein as the assembling of the said blocks proceeds.

vThe term plaster-board as used herein is intended to include the various types of such board at present known, some of which use gypsum, some cement, and some'asbestos v in their manufacture.

l do not limit myself to the exact and precise structure shown and described, but reserve all such detail variations as fairly fall within the purview of the appended 4claims.

I claim:

-1. In a building structure, in combination, a beam, a holder having a longitudinally slotted shank straddling the sides of said beam by means of the slot in the shank and a pair of oppositely extending clips lying opposite one edge of said beam, a plurality of plaster-boards having their proximate edges engaged and supported by'said clips,

and means spanning the 'slot at the free end of the shank and supportingly engaging the latter and extending across the other edge of said beam.

2. In a building structure, in combination, a beam, an integral sheet metal holder having a narrow loop-shaped shank member longitudinally slotted and straddling the sides of said beam by means of the slot in the shank, and a pair of oppositely extending clips lying opposite one edge of said beam at right angles to said shankmember, a plurality oi plaster-boards having their proximate edges engaged and supported by said clips, and means spanning the slot at the free end of the shank member and extending across the other edge of said beam.

3. ln a building structure, in combination, a beam, an integral sheet metal holder having a narrow loop-shaped shank member longitudinally slotted and straddling the sides of said beam 'by means of the slot in the shank and a pair of oppositely extending clips lying opposite one edge of said beam, each of said clips having a back wall disposed in the plane of one limb of said shank member and adapted to engage the edge of a plaster-board and a pair of side walls adapted to embrace the sides of a plaster-board, and a key passed through the closed end of said shank member and extending across the other edge of said beam.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a holder or anchor for plaster-boards and. the like having a longitudinallyslotted shank member adapted to straddle a beam or the like by means of the slot in the shank, and a pair of oppositely extending clip members each having a back wall and parallel side walls adapted to engage and support the edge portions of plaster boards entered therein.

5. As a new article of manufacture, an integral sheet metal holder or anchor for plaster boards having a narrow loop-shaped shank member longitudinally slotted and adapted'to straddle the sides of a beam or like support by means of the slot in the shank, and a pair of oppositely extending clip members disposed at right angles to said shank member and adapted to engage and support the edge portions of plaster boards entered therein.

G. As a new article of manufacture, an integral sheet metal holder or anchor for plaster boards having a narrow loop-shaped shank member longitudinally slotted and adapted to straddle the sides of a beam or like support by means of the slot inthe shank, and a pair of oppositely extending clip members each having a back wall disposed in the plane of one limb of said shank member and adapted to engage the edge of a plaster-board and a pair of side walls adapted to embrace the sides of a plaster board.

o. noms Minima. 

